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Mercedes to replace Schumacher's chassis for Barcelona

Michael Schumacher will not only have an upgraded car in Spain, it will also be a completely different chassis.

Mercedes' Norbert Haug suggested after the Chinese grand prix, where the seven time world champion was comprehensively beaten all weekend by his teammate, that the 41-year-old's actual chassis is carrying an inherent problem.

"I think we need to replace his chassis for Barcelona," Haug is quoted as saying by the German broadcaster Sky.

Nico Rosberg qualified the sister W01 seven tenths faster than Schumacher's, and then finished on the podium, nearly a minute ahead of his famous countryman.

"Don't worry: Michael has not forgotten how to drive," said Haug, after Niki Lauda slammed Schumacher's driving as "mediocre".

24-year-old Rosberg, meanwhile, denied that the result in Shanghai is confirmation about who is Mercedes' number one driver in 2010.

"It's definitely not the case," he said. "It's even between us. Of course I'm very, very happy with the way it's going for me, but we both get the same possibilities."

I think it would be premature to write of shumacher. In today's F1 the car plays just as much of a factor as the driver, not to mention there are many good/competitive drivers on the field. Shanghai showed that shumacher is still hungry and in it to win- but the car and balance is just not there yet. With the limited winter testing teams/drivers have to learn and adjust the cars in the regular racing season which plays a huge burden on the team. Even if Shumacher only left for a couple of years the cars and rules have changed significantly! So just give him some more time - i mean come on he is finishing with points in the standings and that has gotta count for something!

Schumy´s just giving a head-start to his opponents... to make things more interesting!... you haven´t seen nothing yet... just wait until the next GPs!! We´ll nail them all!! GO-GO SCHUMACHER 7-TIMES F1 WORLD CHAMPION!! ;-D Obrigado